This delicious Roasted Banana and Coconut Ice Cream is super creamy, wonderfully flavorful and a great way to cool off in the summer.
Bet you can’t figure out what today’s theme is?
Our theme is ICE CREAM for two reasons.
Today, July 23, 2012 is National Vanilla Ice Cream day.
This month is also Ice Cream month, so it all just makes sense to have one Monday devoted entirely to Ice Cream.
So here’s a little side note.
I have never made homemade Ice Cream before. Well, I have – in a baggie, when I was a kid. And when my kids were young, but never the real kind.
We did make an awesome Snow Ice Cream two winters ago that apparently I never shared on my blog because I can’t find it. It was amazing.
When I saw the theme, I though – oh boy, now I have to actually do it.
I have to come up with something to make. I wasn’t sure what I was doing.
That doesn’t really matter when it comes to me, because my favorite part in the kitchen is experimentation.
I thought about what flavor I wanted, and looked at hundreds of different basic recipes for just vanilla, because I wanted to make my own flavor.
I just needed a basic place to start and jump off from. I didn’t even care if it worked or not, I figured experiment until you do.
Except I didn’t have to.
I came up with this Roasted Banana and Coconut Ice Cream because I had a big bunch of bananas we had forgotten about and they were getting way too soft and I could smell them while I was thinking about it.
I couldn’t just let them go to waste, I wasn’t planning on baking any Banana Bread, so I went with this ice cream instead.
Here’s my rendition of homemade Ice Cream.
If it’s wrong, stick to make your own thing – what I can tell you about this one, is it was amazingly flavorful, soft, delicious, creamy and wonderful.
If you’re looking for another really fantastic ice cream recipe, check out this Roasted Blueberry Ice Cream… omg pure heaven!
Roasted Banana and Coconut Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 6 bananas sliced
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 ½ Tablespoons butter sliced
- 3 cups half and half
- 1 cups coconut milk
- 1 teaspoons coconut extract just a bit more coconut flavor
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Place the sliced bananas on a baking pan, add the butter and brown sugar randomly.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and stir it all up real good. Back in the oven for another 15 minutes or so.
- Put the contents (all of it) from the baking dish into a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Add the half and half, coconut milk and extract. Blend together.
- Follow the directions on your ice cream maker from here. Mine had me chill the mixture for at least 8 hours in the refrigerator and the canister that goes inside the ice cream maker for at least 12 hours in the freezer. Then I just dumped all the mixture into the canister, turned on my ice cream maker and about 30 minutes later we had delicious creamy ice cream.
- We froze the ice cream a little longer before scooping and all enjoyed a bowl last night with dinner and will be enjoying it again tonight.
- Garnish with banana slices and some coconut. (Toasted Coconut is even better!)
Ooooh this ice cream looks so so soooooo delicious!!! I’m crazy about it!
Yay! Sue, thank you for linking up! Ice Cream month has been a lot of fun, tons of inspiration for me to play with my new ice cream maker (I got for $8 and I was totally going to tell the story about that and forgot! – darnit!) Anyway, I’m glad you linked up! And thank you for the sweet words!
Ooooh this ice cream looks so so soooooo delicious!!! I’m crazy about it!
It is absolutely fantastic Kayle! Honestly I wasn’t sure but I was willing to keep playing. I didn’t need to. So good!
Nice ! Love bananas roasted in ice cream 🙂 Linked up too !! Love all the ice creams. will visit them later !
Yay! Sue, thank you for linking up! Ice Cream month has been a lot of fun, tons of inspiration for me to play with my new ice cream maker (I got for $8 and I was totally going to tell the story about that and forgot! – darnit!) Anyway, I’m glad you linked up! And thank you for the sweet words!
I just fell all over myself in love with this ice cream. It’s the bananas that has me wrapped around its finger!
I keep seeing roasted banana, roasted banana, roasted banana, so I guess I need to buy bananas! Minus the bananas, I love how you don’t have to cook this or mess with eggs.
Jen N Linda Wish you could come join me for a bowl. SO good! You need to link up three of your ice cream recipes!
That roasted banana ice cream sounds fantastic! I linked up 2 of my recent favorites! Thanks.
What a wonderful ice cream and baking the bananas was a great idea. I really want a bowl of this right now!
Ooooh this ice cream looks so so soooooo delicious!!! I’m crazy about it!
Yay! Sue, thank you for linking up! Ice Cream month has been a lot of fun, tons of inspiration for me to play with my new ice cream maker (I got for $8 and I was totally going to tell the story about that and forgot! – darnit!) Anyway, I’m glad you linked up! And thank you for the sweet words!